Each year, Doors Open Clarington advocates for heritage sites featuring re-purposed buildings where you can discover the past while exploring the present. Join us for a diverse experience featuring the town of Newcastle and surrounding area. Newcastle is a beautiful old community that has an amazing history, leading in period architecture as well as innovation both then and now

Great Castle Festival every two years – 1st weekend: Fri 28 June – Sun. 30 June

2nd weekend: Fri 5 July – Sun 7 July
Visit us, become part of our princely past and above all – celebrate with us! Let yourself be carried away by the hustle and bustle on the historic fair, enchanted by noble dance games and impress by brave equestrian games

Medieval knights’ tournaments, wedding ceremonies, theatre performances, dancing and other entertainment here. The crafts fair and workshops are open for grown-ups and children alike. The guests are entertained by Medieval characters, dungeon masters, court ladies, monks, servant girls, knights, and the rest of the castle clan. The ambience at this festival is more than special because it is organised in a castle seven centuries old.

One of the Summer Traditions of Shinshiro-City, this festival, held annually in the night of August 13th, has as stage the area around Sakurabuchi, on the Toyokawa River bed, and the gorgeous mountains that form the backdrop make the explosions echo in peculiar and entertaining ways

and Tuesday 13 August – SAMAKAN 2019 plus Fireworks

Hiondory Torch Festival started as a way to remember the souls that passed away during the the battle of Nagashino and the Warring States era, and is held dramatically at the war ruin Shingen Zuka. Local people perform with massive torches (2-3m long, 80cm in diameter). An event with Bon-Odori dances, performances of Japanese Taiko drums, and both tezutsu and regular fireworks. This festival is a festival to mourn the deceased

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Saturday 10th August – Shinshiro bonfire noh

Noh comedy that has been conveyed from the Edo era by townsfolk of Shinshiro in form called bonfire noh

NEWCASTLE MELA, South Asian Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

The Mela is a free event, based around Pakistani, Bengali, Indian and other South Asian cultures, open to all to enjoy music, art and food in Exhibition Park, and with a line-up that includes the hottest contemporary Asian acts as well as traditional displays of music, dance and fashion.
August 25 & 26, 2019 http://newcastlemela.co.uk/

Mt. Horaiji is known as a top place to enjoy splendid autumn leaves from mid to late November. Looking upstream from the promenade on the banks of the Tomoe River, over 4,000 trees are bathed in autumn colors and reflected in the clear waters of the river below.

Three days of motor sports fun – the Shinshiro Rally is the final round of the All-Japan Rally Championship auto race. Full of auto racing fun all day.
You can watch the race for free, see famous drivers make a demo run, take pictures of rally queens, and ride in a rally car. The event park also has food stalls serving local food.

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January 2020

NEUCHÂTEL SYNCHRONISED SKATING TROPHY

Swiss Ice Skating and the Neuchâtel Figure Skating Club host one of the major events in the synchronized ice skating calendar. This is an International Skating Union event and there are competitions for senior, junior, novice and mixed age teams. http://www.neuchatel-trophy.